Hi Beijing, Hi Awong

i just came back from Beijing this morning and met up with Andy Wong aka Awong again. it has been so long since we last met. the last time i met him was in August '07 in Beijing too. that's long for sure.

it's such an honour and i'm so touched that he actually took a day off on 28th just to accompany me as i was given off on 28th. "so nice of you, Awong". but maybe it's because i'm his first and only friend who visited him..again..ever since he moved to Beijing in July '07, so guess he has no choice. haha.. the evening when i arrived, a colleague of mine brought me to ...don't remember where... to lepak. called Awong and he came over to join us. so nice of him lor. the following day, he came over to my hotel to bring me go kai-kai.

this time around, i got to spend more time in Beijing and this trip wasn't as rush as my previous one. yet, i did not visit the Great Wall nor the Forbidden City. instead, we decided to spend time chatting and we actually went to 2 different Starbucks for coffee. what a waste?? no i don't think so. in between, Awong did brought me to the Beijing National Stadium (Bird's Nest) and Beijing National Aquatics Center (Water Cube). so it's still good.

having a friend to visit him in Beijing, i wonder if it's a good thing as he spent so much when i was there; cab fare, food, drinks. i don't remember paying a penny at all. wait no, i did paid for my second coffee. haha.. somehow i feel so bad. except when i offered to spend him dinner, he asked me to sit still and don't move. how how... geezz.. "it's so nice of you, Awong. i really appreciate everything. although i'm happy to meet you...in a way *wink*. haha... but seriously, i really appreciate it and am happy to see you again, though we're not very close. know what i mean? take care and i'll see you soon in KL".

fyi, i'll be going back to KL on 20th Nov and he'll be going back around that time too. so excited..


Awong's house. i like the colour.


Bird's Nest.


Water Cube.





Photographer in action.

Karen Was In Town~~

i was so happy when Karen told me that she managed to change her flight ticket to Hong Kong instead of Taipei. her initial plan was to go to Taipei all by herself, but after hearing a few words from me, she decided to change to Hong Kong for 1)she'll save up on accommodation 2)she gets to see me 3)she will never be lonely as i told her that i'll be off and free for her. so yes, Karen came to Hong Kong on the 22nd to 25th October. my very first friend who came to visit me. happy happy happy!!

asked if there's anywhere in particular she wanted to go or anything in particular she wanted to do, she said she's only interested to go to the beach and the main reason behind the whole holiday plan was to RELAX. so we did not go for sight-seeing or anywhere interesting. i brought her to Sham Tseng for roast goose and dessert on 22nd evening. on 23rd, we were supposed to go to Disneyland or Ocean Park but in the end, we ended up in Mong Kok and Karen shopped like there's no tomorrow. when we came back late in the evening, Des came over to chat and we had some photo sessions. 24th was when i brought her to the beach nearby with Jovan, our cameraman. not only he took pictures for us, he even spent us dinner at McDonalds. "thanks Jovan". after dinner, we had a lil farewell/gathering at my place for Karen as she's flying back on the following day, not forgetting some photo sessions again. we had the Baileys she got for me from the airport. "thanks Karen".

"thanks for coming. really hope that you do enjoy your stay here and i'm gonna miss you so much. ~muakxX!!~"


Karen's favourite durian pancake.


Miss Karen.


Jovan, the spy cameraman.


The man-made beach.

Time To Celebrate~~

so, we've completed all the modules, finished our training, done our on-job-learning BUT we still have 1 test to go, our very last final assessment tomorrow. heck, we don't care and we decided to have an early celebration with our course trainer and some other instructors. unfortunately, only our course trainer, his family and 1 instructor were able to make it and 2 batchmates did not turn up. but it's all good.

we had a sumptuous dinner in a restaurant in Tuen Mun where we were given a VIP room as there were around 29 of us. yup, big crowd and we were very noisy. it was the first time us, induction 44/08 gathered together for a makan session. and i think it will be the last time too. although we have groupings and things like i-don't-like-you and you-don't-like-me do exist between us, i believe everyone had a great time that night.





With course trainer and instructor.


Induction 44/08, minus 5 others.

after dinner, all of us took the bus back, changed and headed to the beach for a drinking session. ya, there's a man-made beach nearby, around 10-15 minutes walking distance. "thanks Nilsson and Wick for the 4 bottles of Champagne. and also Shirleen for the red wines".





YAM SENG!! CHEERSS!!

~:: ALL THE BEST TO INDUCTION 44!! ::~

It's Time To PartyyYY...

after weeks of struggling with the practical tests, the written tests, all the hardwork and lack of sleep, we finally completed one module and managed to loosen a lil before starting our next module. and since everyone was so desperate to get drunk and shake their booties, a few of us decided to hit the club at Lan Kwai Fong yesterday.



back in KL, whenever i go jeng jeng, i have friend who drives us there. in HK, we have driver too, how lucky. BUS DRIVER LA. aiyo mama...first time taking bus to jeng jeng. can you imagine that?? imagine, all of us dressed up pretty pwetty then took bus to party. everyone in the bus were looking at us as if we're ko-ko-kai. sounds very pathetic and funny indeed, but that's our only way to get there if we wanna go jeng jeng in HK. have to learn to get used to it. sigh...taking cab is going to cost us a bomb, so bus is our only option. unless you're rich enough to own a car here, then different case. what an experience!

we went to this club, which i don't remember what it's called. it is in a hotel, top most floor with no cover charge and it's a no smoking club. after jeng jeng, we took the bus back..again. everyone was so tired that we couldn't help but to nap. pity Bernard, the Gold Coast pimp who had to force his eyes open throughout the whole journey so that we did not miss our stop. "thanks, Bernard". it was a fun night and everyone was so happy.


The crowd.





Sweet dreams..